Republicans charge that adding to the deficit to extend unemployment benefits is a robbing peter to pay paul sort of situation and they are being the responsible party by demanding fiscal discipline. I disagree and I think that the argument is specious considering the history of unemployment benefits and the relationship between consumer demand and economic output. I also agree that it is mostly political theater and the mantle of "fiscal discipline" gets put on whenever it is politically advantageous and discarded all other times. However, I do believe that there are a number of Republicans who genuinely fear that expanding deficits are a grave threat to our country.
I worry most about the deficit when times are good. When the economy is chugging along nicely, that is the time to pay down debt and restructure things to improve the balance sheet. When consumer demand is in the toilet, however, is not the time to do so. Other people disagree and I think that some of them do so honestly. Do I think that Boehner is trying to keep recovery stalled and use a high unemployment rate as a political tool? Yes I do. The guy is a douche. But I also believe that many people honestly and respectfully believe that attacking the deficit now is the best way to deal with the issue of economic growth and unemployment. I may not think they are correct but it doesn't mean that they are all jerks because of it. Judah On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > ****Again...at least the dems are trying to do something to help the people. > How is blocking votes to extend needed unemployment benefits doing the work > of the people? How is blocking needed updates to veterans benefits > beneficial? If you look at previous Congresses, you will find that the dems > are more willing to compromise and generally don't vote no when they come to > a compromise. The only time there is a no vote across the board is when the > republicans just push their agenda (which they are more likely to do when > they are in charge instead of trying for a consensus) The republicans on the > other hand vote no even when they come to a compromise. They have been > brought in and dems have been compromising to the point where the stuff that > ended up getting pushed through was extremely watered down and no where near > what needed to get done in a n effort to bring the party of no into the > fold. It's been a bait and switch game ever since Obama has been in office. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322565 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
